Hi, I'm new here. But a LOT of my girl friends are going through the same thing with their guys concerning this game. I admit, I do play it myself. But I realize that it's only a game and can never take the place of reality.

But what one of my friends did was she got into it also. I mean, really got into it even more so than her guy. Her reasoning for it was that if her obsession (she really hate the game but was pretending to make her point) grew larger than his then he would realize what a bad idea the game really is in their relationship.

It took her a few months of hard gaming to surpass him, but he started to take notice and get concerned about how much time she spent on the game. This opened his eyes to his own addiction and he ended up banning the game from both their lives.

She got her husband back because (she said) that he felt he needed to rescue her from something (the game). Now, most of you ladies (and maybe some lurking guys) may not have the time to go to such extremes.

But I wanted to share with you at least one success story to give you hope. We have to think outside the box with this problem. I've been doing a LOT of research/thinking about a guys motivation for being so addicted to this game and I've come up with a list of possible reasons....

1. The need to play 'Hero'- Guys need to feel needed, like they have a purpose. Some may not feel anyone needs them in this way in their real life.

2. Obsessive Disorder- A guy will play the game even though he doesn't really like it simply for something to focus all his attention on.

3. Perfectionist- A lot of guys will play just to get that 100% complete rating. Beating every boss, getting every item. They can't put it down until their satisfied that they've done everything possible.

4. Escapism- Some guys play it to escape from their reality. Maybe their happy for whatever reason and they're using the game as a way to avoid the problem.

Ok, these are just a few of the reasons I've come up with. I'm sure others have more to contribute. I hope I could help someone at least. Feel free message me if you need to vent.